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package org.pentaho.di.core;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This interface gives you access to a map which is associated with an object to store the state of non-standard
 * objects. It can be used by plugins to store state-information details in transformations, jobs, steps, job-entries...
 * at runtime.
 *
 * @author matt
 *
 */
public interface ExtensionDataInterface {
  public Map<String, Object> getExtensionDataMap();
}
